THREE Sheffield men were hired by an Asian man to "sort out" his sister's husband, a court heard.
Mian Shahid Mehmood was shot dead in February last year in a so-called ‘honour killing’ in Halifax.The alleged hitmen - John Reeves, 54, and Sam Lee, 30, both of Parson Cross; and Naveed Mahmood, 23, of Granville Road, Norfolk Park - all deny murder.
They are charged alongside Arza Khan, 27, of Halifax and his brother Tahir Mahmood, 22, whose sister Yasmin Bibi Shahid had married Mr Mehmood in secret. The two brothers also deny murder.Khan told Leeds Crown Court it was a different brother - teenager Allah Yaar, who has since fled Britain - who paid the gang to threaten Mr Mehmood.
Khan claims the plan went wrong and Mr Mehmood was shot dead.Tom Bayliss QC, prosecuting, said Yasmin had been scared of her brothers Khan and Mahmood, that they had long threatened to have she and her husband killed, and would follow her to work.“You have spent your life bullying that woman - bullying your sister,” he said.
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It's the exception when a man is murdered in a dishonor killing but, as this case shows, it does happen.
Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"
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